Crime and Courts

KEETMANSHOOP - The case of an adult male accused of fatally stabbing another man last year in Keetmanshoop has been remanded until 20 February 2020, pending the Prosecutor-General’s (PG) decision.

ONGWEDIVA - Unknown suspects robbed the Ondonga Traditional Authority of N$13 500 at gunpoint last week.

OMUTHIYA - Police officers manning the Omuntele community hall polling station arrested a 48-year-old woman after she cast her vote twice, despite being warned not to return to the voting booth.

RUNDU - Four Namibian men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with protected game.

WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court set free a security guard accused of killing and raping a woman whose corpse was discovered near the University of Namibia’s (Unam) main campus last year.

RUNDU – An armed robber who raided a local mini-shop in Rundu on Monday night is still at large and yet to be identidied.

WINDHOEK – A City Police traffic officer accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on three different occasions this year was denied bail in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. 

WINDHOEK – The Namibia Defence Force (NDF) soldier accused of fatally shooting a Zimbabwean taxi driver in June suffered a legal setback when the court rejected his application to have the case withdrawn.

WINDHOEK - A 39-year-old woman died after she was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend over the weekend at Oidiva village in Okongo.

WINDHOEK - Ondangwa-based magistrate Liwena Walter Mikiti pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, alternatively theft, forgery and uttering a forged document and money laundering before Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Eileen Rakow yesterday.